Not `Snobs`

September 23, 1988|By Bernard L. Miller.

WILMETTE — The extreme cuteness of your editorial on `` `Family values` in Wilmette`` was most offensive to me. To make it appear that anyone who might not like the idea of group homes in his neighborhood is a snob and bigoted is really unworthy of any writer having access to the editorial page of a major American newspaper.

There are approximately 4,000 signatures on a petition to delay action on group homes until the election of new trustees next April. This effort was put forth to counteract the actions of a board of trustees who for some time have been insensitive to the wishes of many Wilmette residents in many areas.

Why should a small number of residents be able to push through group homes while thousands of residents who do not like the idea are painted as heartless and as bigots? Is this the way democracy is supposed to work?